<aside> 🗣 This page gives more detail about the purpose and meaning of the new config mev-tendermint adds in your node’s config.toml file

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Name Meaning When to set Example value
api_key Unique string Skip uses to ensure a node establishing a connection with our relay actually belongs to you On nodes that peer directly with Skip’s sentinel (optional) 2314ajinashg2389jfjap
sentinel_peer_string Tendermint connection string (p2pid@ip:port ) for the Skip sentinel that allows your node to peer with Skip and receive bundles On nodes that peer directly with Skip’s sentinel (optional) d1463b730c6e0dcea59db726836aeaff13a8119f@chain-id-sentinel.skip.money:26656
sentinel_rpc_string Address of Skip RPC where your node registers (Should include “http://” prefix) to tell Skip’s sentinel your node is live and ready to receive bundles On nodes that peer directly with Skip’s sentinel (optional) http://chain-id-api.skip.money
personal_peer_ids Comma-separated of Tendermint P2P node ids where your node should gossip transactions (Set to validator node on sentries, and sentry nodes on validator) * On validators / private nodes when they can only receive transactions from your sentries

Example Config

# OTHER CONFIG...

# **EXAMPLE** below (please use the correct values)
**[sidecar]
api_key = "2314ajinashg2389jfjap"
sentinel_peer_string = "d1463b730c6e0dcea59db726836aeaff13a8119f@chain-id-sentinel.skip.money:26656"
sentinel_rpc_string = "<http://chain-id-api.skip.money>"
personal_peer_ids = "557611c7a7307ce023a7d13486b570282521296d,5740acbf39a9ae59953801fe4997421b6736e091"**